Improvement in stables



F. M. DIXON.

STABLES. No.179,901. mama Jul -18,1876.

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IITIESSESI 5 E v E N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK'M. DIXON, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN STABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 79,901, dated July 18, 1876; application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK M. DIXON, of Jefferson City, Cole county, Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Stable, of

,ble; also, a contrivance for sounding an alarm at the same time.

Figure l is a transverse section of a stable. having my improved appliances, and Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional elevation of it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a cord, of cotton or other combustible material, stretched along the space above the stable, from side to side, to which the halter B of the horse is attached; also, a cord, 0, holding the door E shut-say, by a chain, F, and a padlock, G-and the door has a spring, H, (dotted,) to throw itopen when the cord is released. I is another cord, extending along the space above the stable, from April 4,1876.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- 1. The combination of the hitching-cord A and door-cord 0, arranged as shown, with a spring-door, E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the hitching-cord A, halter B, and door-cord O, with the door E and alarm-bell J, substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

FRANK M. DIXON.

Witnesses:

K. WINSTON, PHIL. E. GHAPPELL. 

